De-Fragmenting Social Science? A Review of Farewell to Variables

Authors

Tom Strong, University of CalgaryFollow

Abstract

I review Farewell to Variables, a recent edited volume by cultural psychologists collaborating with Jaan Valsiner. I relate "variable thinking" to challenges faced in conducting qualitative research, and in relating to everyday life.

Keywords

variables, qualitative research, cultural psychology

Author Bio(s)

Tom Strong is a Professor Emeritus and psychologist from the University of Calgary. He writes on the collaborative, critical and practical potentials of discursive approaches to psychotherapy and counselling. Currently, he is coediting the Routledge International Handbook of Postmodern Therapies. For Tom’s website and contact details, please see: https://wpsites.ucalgary.ca/tom-strong/

Acknowledgements

In memory of Andy Lock and John Shotter

Publication Date

12-2-2023

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2023.6843

Recommended APA Citation

Strong, T. (2023). De-Fragmenting Social Science? A Review of Farewell to Variables. The Qualitative Report, 28(12), 3475-3477. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2023.6843

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-0401